Digital Collections Curator
6 days ago
The National Gallery of Ireland is seeking a skilled Digital Collections Librarian to join the Library and Archives team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the development, preservation, and accessibility of the library and archive's digital collections.
This role ensures that digital assets, including digitised materials, born-digital content and metadata, are managed effectively and made accessible to researchers, staff and the public. The ideal candidate will have comprehensive experience in digital collection management, including digitisation, dealing with born digital archives, metadata creation, project management, and/or processing of special collections and archival materials for digital capture.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with the Library and Archives Team to develop initiatives that align with and support the Gallery's strategic plan.
- Manage the day-to-day operations and ongoing development of the digital collections platform and associated technologies within the digital environment.
- Oversee the digitisation of collections
- Manage workflows, organisation, and long-term preservation of digital assets, ensuring adherence to best practices
- Provide training and guidance to staff on best practices for digitisation, digital asset management and metadata creation.
- Work with colleagues to identify material, in a range of formats, suitable for digitisation
- Support the cataloguing and processing of collections and the development of metadata
- Initiate and oversee a programme for born-digital assets
- Work with colleagues to develop a digital preservation programme for library and archive digital collections
- Manage the care, maintenance and training requirements for digital collections equipment
- Supervise and train staff
- Monitor the impact and reach of digital collections and related resources, prepare reports as required
- Explore and develop innovative digital collections content and technological initiatives supporting new ways to engage with the collections, support digital storytelling and scholarly initiatives.
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